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defense and law enforcement but he was an army officer and the fbi special agent before coming to the u.s. congress. he now has a very important and pivotal role in the house as chairman of the intelligence community. house intelligence committee. intelligence community as you all probably know does the authorizing for intelligence activities and functions and oversight capacity, as well in this respect, congress and rogers has done quite well shepherding three bills to completion of those four. and all the while developing a reputation for bipartisanship, which and washed and nowadays is quite a rare and special thing. congressman rogers has no grasp the nettle of the cybersecurity issue, which has loomed very large of light. and it's an issue with which the institute itself, i i ss is closely associated. so with that i would like to bring congressman rogers to the podium. he will speak for essentially, as long as he wishes to speak and then we will follow up with q&a and wrap up in an hour. congressman. >> thank you very much. well, good morning. thanks. i ran a little behind. someo
defense and law enforcement but he was an army officer and the fbi special agent before coming to the u.s. congress. he now has a very important and pivotal role in the house as chairman of the intelligence community. house intelligence committee. intelligence community as you all probably know does the authorizing for intelligence activities and functions and oversight capacity, as well in this respect, congress and rogers has done quite well shepherding three bills to completion of those...
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the protection, defense and other concerns of whistleblowers is something that was of real privacy for me and my local comic service. some characterizations of communications internally within the atf have been made to suggest that you've attempted to suppress whistleblowers come at a wanted to give you an opportunity to speak to that, to answer a concern as to whether or not you led the atf as acting director in a way that suggested that you would welcome our support whistleblowers or the country. >> you know, thank you for giving me an opportunity to again reinforce and sort of dismiss a misperception that i have engaged in conduct that suppresses whistleblower rights. nothing could be further from the truth. i have represented whistleblowers in private practice. some of my most satisfying experiences have been in the representations of those who put themselves in the position of being whistleblowers. and i know firsthand from my former clients how difficult that can be in terms of your perception internally and the challenges on you personally. i have the utmost respect for both the
the protection, defense and other concerns of whistleblowers is something that was of real privacy for me and my local comic service. some characterizations of communications internally within the atf have been made to suggest that you've attempted to suppress whistleblowers come at a wanted to give you an opportunity to speak to that, to answer a concern as to whether or not you led the atf as acting director in a way that suggested that you would welcome our support whistleblowers or the...
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has developed significantly over the last few years, that there are vast areas of good cooperation, defense sector, in counterterrorism and a number of other areas. it's a strong relationship. i think the frustration we are all hearing from the business committee and others is that this relationship is not nearly achieving its potential precisely because of the policies that you identify. and that's a message we conveyed to our indian government counterparts last week, both from ourselves but also from the american business community. and the american business community that is interested in india that wants india to succeed and wants to invest there. our hope is that through these dialogues and including the trade policy forum, other high level dialogues, including at the vice president will be going there, i believe next week, and will be conveying similar messages, that we can help the indian government move towards addressing some of these concerns. we've seen some movement, even this week. we know there is more u.s. pork sent to a central american country of 7.7 million population comp
has developed significantly over the last few years, that there are vast areas of good cooperation, defense sector, in counterterrorism and a number of other areas. it's a strong relationship. i think the frustration we are all hearing from the business committee and others is that this relationship is not nearly achieving its potential precisely because of the policies that you identify. and that's a message we conveyed to our indian government counterparts last week, both from ourselves but...
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dealing with the self-defense that lines up people who want to not do right can use to avoid prosecution. but one thing we have to concede is that we're not getting killed with a fist. we're getting killed with guns in the wrong hands and bullets, and you have to ask yourself where are all these coming from. so the justice working group and the congressional black caucus, we're hearing all of that, is going to to the hard questions -- ask the hard questions, produce legislation and also soon the resources -- seek the resources. because there's nothing wrong with asking, as bobby has said, let children be our priority from the federal level that deals with education and summer jobs. and i will leave to the experts about how the gangs are moving around, whether it's turf, whether it's drugs or whether it's one gang against another. but we do know seem are dying. and i think we need to leave here with the burden of the members who put together an omnibus, an emergency plan and funding. and i can tell you that no one up here is a wallflower. and that this will be heard next week loudly and c
dealing with the self-defense that lines up people who want to not do right can use to avoid prosecution. but one thing we have to concede is that we're not getting killed with a fist. we're getting killed with guns in the wrong hands and bullets, and you have to ask yourself where are all these coming from. so the justice working group and the congressional black caucus, we're hearing all of that, is going to to the hard questions -- ask the hard questions, produce legislation and also soon...
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do not iris finalizes tax credit will it offered no substantive defense of his decision to extend tax credits through federal changes. a cursory statement verified no provision of tax credits are to identify any relevant legislative history to support its position. hard to see how this rulemaking satisfied the apa requirements in recent decision-making. to this day neither the iris for supporters have been able to come up with the statement prayer to or contemporaneous to the packers -- passing of the act. there are many statements available in all 50 states as there are many statements at all 50 states would eagerly create and implement exchanges. there even statements that states be required to create exchanges. something definitely federal government cannot compel. what there is not as a single statement saying the tax credit would be available in federal exchanges because no one assumed that the federal exchanges will be necessary which explains why they opted not provide any funding for the federal exchange months after the rule was issued after members of this committee that and
do not iris finalizes tax credit will it offered no substantive defense of his decision to extend tax credits through federal changes. a cursory statement verified no provision of tax credits are to identify any relevant legislative history to support its position. hard to see how this rulemaking satisfied the apa requirements in recent decision-making. to this day neither the iris for supporters have been able to come up with the statement prayer to or contemporaneous to the packers -- passing...